Process for canning and preserving fruit.



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Be .it known that ll, Lewin 4.lli-)mue Seri-1W Aim u citizen of lie United States? residing at eerzunento, in the County el Sacramento and State of Californie, have invented new and useful improvements in Processes 'for Canning and Preserving Fruit., of which the following is u description.

ln the presentation of lruil'? sind eepecielly berries, such es struwberriee, ete? it has )een customary in factory canning; to place the fruit in the container in which it is inzilly to lee offered for sale, .fillingV the oontziiner with the fruit a5 completely :is possilile7 completing tile filling,F ol` the eens with syrup composed ot :sugar and Wolter, placing the lille@ eens in en exlieuster or oleron loon, enel.; when Sullieiently liet7 sealing, enti. linellyielieating.

The result of canning or preserving by the eleove nietliocl tliet it ie'imposeilile to clit-ein e full can ol the 'fruit on. eleeouiit of the Wilting oie shrinkingn which trikes piece when the seme is subjected to the eetion et lient or steam; und secondly.D tluit o tliseoloration is elleetecl, especially in strawberries, clue to the presence oi' Water other thon that inherent in the fruit; and thirdly, si, relue-y tion in the liet/or or eroine, eine to the Mldition of en extraneous liquid.

'llie object of the present invention i5 to over-corne the flillieultiee pointed out above, in the metlioel ol canning; :incl preeerving; l'ruit, and. espeeelly berries? suoli es strewlierries.

ll/lly invention tlierelnre consiste in the novel proeees; Set forth emi described herein` alter and pertieulerly pointed out in the claims.

"While strawberries have been especially mentioned :Le susceptible to this proefles, this 'fruit is mentioned merely us en illustration, and it is to be understood tlizit (lo not limit the proceee to any one kind of fruit.

ln carrying out the details ol my iuvention, l use, .in zlclclition to the een or eontaiiier in which the fruit is to lie preserved. en extension piece similar to that Shown iu the drawingsa in Wliieli l ie o container suoli as ueecl in factory canning mul commonly known es' a Sanitary een.

2 is en extension piece which temporarily serves as a retainer for excess fruit, further reference to which will be malle later.

l'elfore 4beginning operationsa l' useerl'uin tlie approximate Weight olf water which the sugar K vill equal approxiuiutely tlie pte l viously :ieeerteinecl weight. lt will 'ne 'tonnel tlizit fresli lruit particularly etrefwllemeit will lie too bulky to be plecel'l in ille een,- tainer ol the selected sine Without erusliiuo'; therefore l employ :11i extension [neel fis shown in Fig. .2 plzieecl iu the open enel et the container; See l. The fruit to lle preserved having; been stemmed, ul'znfuefly :l1-:uuml :intl OtlierWiSe 'prepared iriJr the can is placed in this eolnliinecl reefccptuele te tile weight previously nseerteineut :incl .el of the 'We' lit also iviouely os-'eertuii'ull is plueefl on t i top of "lie l'ruit .l elle whole subject/eel to the lieutii lin e liuuetor or :satelliti lim x lire twenty minutes. or e eli tiuie will rolluefa the bull: ol llie lruit to tile ei'uiieity el llie selecl'ecl Contain incl the seine time eunfw the sugar lo unile willi tlie juice el lie lluit itself loi'iniug :i rup olf proper coueiuteuey ovuli enger-peinent me Without llie preeeuee of any eutluueoue liquid. The extension is tlien remore:lyH u top Seemed on the Coutu iuer, null tlie eonleiile ugelli relieiitefl.

lin specifying live to twenty minuten es llie time neet ii'jv l'or the lii'sil lientA wielrlo mit' lli-ut this will vary :Wemding-i; to the liinel el:v limit to lie preserved enel eleo its Condition lo ripeiiese. Y

lt will loe eeen by this procese, Willi tlie least amount el handling, is obtained el full een. ql preservenliruit with :i syrup contain-- ingr no other liquid tlmn that uuigiplierl lay the fruit il'saell; also elle eolor 0l the fruit will lie Ali'ouncl to lie practically uneluinggefl und the :ironie or llover retained to ite lullh est extent.

lleviug described the procese, wlirlt il fle Clare :is ne f und desire by Lettere Potent to Secure, is

l. The lioreiu (leseriloecl procese ot" etuining' :nul preserving iliuit wliioli consists in 'placing a Hulleent quantity of prepurefl fresh fruit in und confining above e, periuuid nent container to just lill the seme when reclueell in volume by heat, adding migrar thereto, subjecting the whole to the liet-ion lili lill

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of Beat for say ve to twenty minutes or i ad'ding sugar thereto, subjecting the whole such time as is necessary to reduce the bulk hermeticaiiy sealing the container and reheating.

2. The herein described process of canning and preserving strawberries Whieh" consists in placing a suiicient quantity of prepared fresh berries in and conningi above a permanenteontaine` to just HH the same when reduced in Volume by heat, l,

i to the action of heat for say five to twenty of the -fruit to the capacity ofthe container, minutes or such time as is necessary to reduce the bulk of the berries to the capacity .of the container,V Yhermet-ically sealing the container and rebeating.

LEWIS HENRY STEWART.

Witnesses:

FRED LEC FULLER, FRED FIsoK.' 

